freedom square: slo team
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FREEDOM SQUARE
Facts
Grandest public space in Tallin.
There is a monument to the War of Independence (unveiled on Victory Day (23 June) in 2009).
On the north side of Freedom Square there is a small open space with a fountain and a bust of Alexander Pushkin.
Branching out from this square are six streets: Rustaveli Avenue, Pushkin Street, Leselidze Street, Shalva Dadiani Street, Galaktion Street, and Leonidze Street.
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Different names
The square was originally named after Ivan Paskevich.
At different times the area carried different names: Hay Market,
Peter's Square,
Victory Square.
History
Freedom Square was the site of the 1907 Tiflis bank robbery.
People come here to demonstrate or celebrate:- demonstration for Georgia's independence (from the Soviet Union).- the Rose Revolution,- the U.S. President George W. Bush and Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili talked to a crowd of around 100,000 people in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II. Someone tried to assassinate Bush by throwing a live grenade at him.
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